Awesome ESP

A curated list of awesome ESP8266/32 projects and code.

> Both the ESP8266 and the ESP32 are low-cost Wi-Fi microchips with full TCP/IP stack and microcontroller capabilities produced by the Shanghai-based manufacturer Espressif Systems. >
> See Contributing for information on how to contribute to this list. >

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Contents

• Firmware
• Tools
• Projects
  • Smart Home and IoT
  • InfoSec
  • Biomedical
  • LoRa
  • Music and Audio
  • Smartwatches
  • Others
• Libraries

Firmware

• Espressif AT - The default vanilla firmware for the ESP8266.
• NodeMCU - An eLua-based firmware for the ESP8266.
• ESPBasic - A BASIC firmware for easy and wireless programming, ready for the 8266.
• MicroPython - An implemention of Python3 for the ESP8266 and 32.
• ESP3D - An experimental firmware for 3D Printers, both the ESP32 and 8266.
• Frankenstein - A quick and dirty firmware with cool features for the ESP8266.
• MongooseOS - An IoT specific firmware, with both C and JS. Available for the ESP32/8266.
• DeviceHive - A firmware made as a client for DeviceHive’s IoT data platform, only for the 8266.
• RT-Thread - Chinese open source firmware available for the ESP32.
• Sming Framework - Superb C/C++ IoT Framework with support for ESP8266 and ESP32.

Tools

• ESP Flash Tool - The vanilla firmware flasher for both ESP’s.
• Arduino Core/8266 - The Arduino core for the ESP8266.
• Arduino Core/32 - The other Arduino core for the ESP32.
• ESPTool - Espressif’s command line tool for bootloader comms in both ESP’s.
• ESP-Open-SDK - An open SDK for the ESP8266.
• ESPTool-ck - A CLI tool for flashing in the ESP8266.
• ESPTool-gui - A flashing GUI tool based on ESPTool-ck.
• LuaNode - A lua-only SDK for 32/8266.
• Tuya-Convert - A Wi-Fi firmware flasher ESP8266 that has been pre-loaded with Tuya firmware.
• NodeMCU Flasher - The official flashing tool for the NodeMCU OS.
• Tasmotizer - A graphical flashing tool for Tasmota firmware. Can manage Wi-Fi & MQTT settings, modules & templates.
• Arduino FS Plugin - An Arduino plugin for filesystem uploads in the 8266.
• PlatformIO - Cross Platform IDE and Debugger that supports both the ESP32 and ESP8266.

Projects

Smart Home and IoT

• OpenMQTTGateway - An implementation of a multiprotocol MQTT gateway for both ESP’s among other devices.
• ESPHome - A full-featured system for controlling ESP’s through simple yet powerful configuration files and Home Automation systems.
• Tasmota - An alternative firmware for Sonoff & other ESP8266/ESP32 devices. Includes a large collection of sensor drivers & integrates with Home Assistant natively or via MQTT.
• ESPEasy - Easily turn ESP modules into multifunction sensor devices for home automation systems.
• Sonoff-Homekit - An alternative firmware for Sonoff devices (and other 8266 devices) which allows control through Apple’s Homekit.
• DoorsignEPD - A smart doorsign with an E-Paper display using the ESP32.
• EPaperWeatherDisplay - A very cute e-ink weather display using the ESP32.
• HomePoint - Control MQTT/HomeKit smart home devices from an ESP32-powered screen.
• openHASP - Control your home automation devices from a customizable touchscreen UI connected via MQTT.
• SuperGreenOS - A full-featured home farming automation software for the ESP32.
• CanAirIO - Citizen science project that uses mobile and fixed stations to measure air quality with ESP32 and smartphones.

InfoSec

• ESP32-BLECollector - A wardriving device which displays BLE devices and collects data from them, all in a nice screen interface.
• ESP32Marauder - An integrated suite of offensive and defensive tools for WiFi and Bluetooth.
• ArduinoPcap - A library which allows generation of .pcap files with network traffic, for both ESP’s.
• WiFi Satellite - A giant Wifi “satellite” that can monitor all 14 2.4Ghz channels using, well, 14 ESP32s.
• ESP8266 Deauther - A very cool pseudojammer (deauther) of Wifi networks that uses the ESP8266.
• PacketMonitor - A beautiful OLED monitor for packet activity in a WiFi channel. Two versions for each ESP.
• WiFiDuck - A wireless-enabled keystroke injector, analogous, but even more awesome than the Rubber Ducky.
• ESP8266 Beacon Spam - Want to confuse people? This device creates hundreds of fake WiFi networks.
• DeauthDetector - A small device that shines a light if it detects a WiFi deauth attack. Made by the same guy as the last six projects.

Biomedical

• HeartyPatch - A wearable BLE and WiFi connected ECG-HR patch which uses the ESP32.
• HealthyPi v4 - An amazing open source vital signs monitor that can monitor ECG, respiration, pulse oximetry and body temperature, all run by an ESP32.

LoRa

• Meshtastic - ESP32 LoRA boards as secure, long battery life, mesh GPS communicators.
• ESP32-Paxcounter - Wifi & Bluetooth driven, LoRaWAN enabled, battery powered mini Paxcounter built on cheap ESP32 LoRa IoT boards.
• Disaster Radio - A disaster-resilient communications network powered by the sun.

Music and Audio

• Alles - A many speaker distributed music synthesizer using UDP multicast over WiFi, modeled after the alles machine/AMY.
• ESP32-Radio - Internet radio based on ESP32, VS1053 and a TFT screen.
• ESPuino - RFID-controlled music player powered by ESP32.
• Knobby - A handheld Spotify remote that encourages you to explore unfamiliar music.
• PedalinoMini - A wireless MIDI pedal controller for guitarists, built with the ESP32.
• Squeezelite-esp32 - Streaming audio receiver with multi-room sync, AirPlay, Bluetooth, hardware buttons, display and more.
• ThingPulse esp8266-spotify-remote - Control your Spotify player from a ESP8266 with color touch display.

Smartwatches

• mutantW_V1 - An ESP32 based open source smartwatch with 1.7 inch display, WiFi, Bluetooth, NeoPixel and vibration.
• Open SmartWatch - A FOSS smartwatch with GPS, an inertial unit and an extremely cool 3D-printed case.
• StickWatch - A smartwatch module based on the M5Stick, using the ESP32.
• Watchy - An open source e-paper watch with lots of options for customization.

Others

• SoftRF - A DIY aviation proximity awareness system that can be used in UAV projects.
• Retro ESP32 - An extremely cool launcher for the Odroid Go (with the ESP32), which allows emulating several retro consoles.
• DroneBridge - An implementation of DroneBridge, a signal link for drones and UAV’s on the ESP32.
• E-TKT - An ESP32 powered DIY label maker that mixes both old fashioned and contemporary technology.
• FreeTouchDeck - Open source touch macropad and stream control deck with built-in web configurator.
• SmartSpin2k - Transform your spin bike into a smart trainer with automatic resistance knob control in fitness apps like Zwift.
• WirelessPrinting - Print wirelessly from Cura, PrusaSlicer or Slic3r to your 3D printer connected to an ESP module.
• WLED - Control many types of RGB(W) LED strips with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi.

Libraries

• Wasm3 - A lightning fast WebAssembly interpreter designed for embedded devices, compatible with both ESP’s.
• Homie8266 - Framework implementation of the Homie protocol for the 8266.
• ESP-Dash - Beautiful and fast framework for creating remote dashboards in the 8266/32. No internet required.
• ESP_mqtt - MQTT helper library for the ESP8266.
• GUIslice - A drag and drop GUI framework for several devices and screen controllers. Compatible with 8266 and 32.
• LVGL - An open-source graphics library providing everything you need to create embedded GUIs with easy-to-use graphical elements, beautiful visual effects and low memory footprint.
• MicroWebSrv2 - A very powerful MicroPython web server which can be used in the ESP32.
• IRremoteESP8266 - Emit and receive IR signals in the ESP8266.
• esphomelib - Framework to integrate with HomeAssistant in the 8266.
• TTS - A somehow good text to speech library for several Arduino devices, both ESP’s included.
• Free802.11 - Library to emit arbitrary 802.11 signals with the ESP32.
• Koyn - A decentralized Bitcoin library for the ESP32 and the ESP8266.
• TFTLibrary - TFT compatibility for the ESP32.
• UTFT-ESP - UTFT Support for the ESP32/8266.
• ESPAudio - Library for playing a diverse range of audio formats in the ESP8266/ESP32.
• ESP32-audioI2S - Plays mp3, m4a and wav files from SD card or stream via I2S interface.
• AsyncTCP - Asynchronous TCP Library for both the 8266 and the 32.
• ESP-HomeKit - Homekit implementation for 8266 on RTOS.
• HomeSpan - A robust and extremely easy-to-use Arduino library for creating your own ESP32-based HomeKit devices.
• ESPHelper - MQTT and Wi-fi automation-oriented library for the 8266.
• ESPHelper/32 - Port of the ESPHelper library for the 32.
• ESP8266Wifi - Simple Arduino Wifi library for the 8266.
• WiFiESP - Arduino library for Wifi management, client/server for 8266 board.
• TinyGSM - A quick and simple Arduino library for interaction with GSM modules which can also control the 8266 through AT commands.
• mJS - A lightweight and restricted JS engine that is used by MongooseOS, compatible on the 32 and 8266.
• ESPUI - A simply library for making interactive web interfaces for both ESP’s.
• ESP32 ePaper - A full-featured library for using ePaper modules with the ESP32.
• TinyUPnP - A lightweight UPnP IGD library for automatic port forwarding on the 8266 and 32.
• Esp32SSHClient - A library that implements a SSH client in the ESP32.
• painlessMesh - A library that takes care of the particulars of creating a simple mesh network using ESP8266 and ESP32 hardware.
• WifiEspNow - Arduino library for ESP-NOW, a connectionless WiFi communication protocol defined by Espressif.
• go-mcu - Golang package for interacting with NodeMCU-based boards.
• CanAirIO SensorLib - ESP32/8266 library with auto-configuration of multiple PM2.5, CO2 and environment sensors.
• Dhyara - A C/C++ library for making a Mobile Ad hoc Network (MANET) using ESP Now.
• LedFx - A library for using audio input to create realtime light shows. LedFx can control multiple devices and works great with cheap ESP8266 nodes.